Analysis of Our Crown Of Praise
Katharine Lee Bates 1859 (Falmouth) – 1929 (Wellesley)
A PRAISE beyond all other praise of ours
This nation holds in jealous trust for him
Who may approve himself, even in these dim,
Swift days of destiny, the soul that towers
Above the turmoil of contending powers,
A beacon firm, while seas of fury brim
The world's long-labored fields and vineyards trim,
Remembering forests and unconscious flowers.
Our nation longs for such a living light,
Kindred to stars and their eternal dreams,
A steadfast glow whatever breakers roll,
Cleaving confusions of the stormy night
With gracious lusters and revealing gleams,
—Longs for the shining of a Lincoln soul.
Scheme | ABBAABBACDECDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101110 1101010111 11010110011 11110001110 0101101010 0101111101 0111010101 01001001010 10101110101 1011010101 01110101 101010101 110100101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 596 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 486 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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